David Najib Kasir’s recent work revolves around the struggle of refugees and families in war torn communities. The figures in the mural are based on a picture of the artist’s older daughter trying to show her baby sister how to dance. But in drawing it the image became one of an older sibling leading and protecting her younger sister. It is the work of a son to a mother from Syria, a neighbor to myriad families impacted by the devastation of war and of a painter using his own children’s likeness as the stand-ins for countless other children in conflict. It has become a timely image of loss, of letting go and of trust and hope that our children will protect each other as time goes on. The mural is dedicated to the artists’ daughters, to the children of Syria and to the older sister of a friend who passed as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic.